Stereotype-block



(No Model.)

J. C. MERRITT. STEREOTYPE BLOCK.

Patented Sept. 10, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES C. MERRITT, OF HIGHLAND FALLS, NEW YORK.

STEREOTYPE-BLOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 410,714, dated September 10, 1889.

Application filed November 9, 1888.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JAMES C. MERRITT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Highland Falls, in the county of Orange, in the State of New York, have invented a new and useful Stereotype-Block, of which the following is a specification.

Hy invention has relation to stereotypeblocks; and among the objects in view are to provide an easilyconstructed, cheap, and serviceable block designed to support a stereotype-plate, and more particularly that class of stereotype-plates formed of zylonite, paper, wood, celluloid, and other thin light materials, and to provide an efficient and economical means for securing the plate upon the block.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of a stereotype-block constructed in accordance With my invention; Fig. 2, a similar view of a plate adapted for use on the block; Fig. 3, a transverse section, the plate being mounted in position upon the block.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 represents the block, formed of metal, and is oppositely channeled, as at 2, forming the usual feet 3. At each side of the block is secured-in this instance by countersunk rivets lthin metallic plates 5, of a width slightly greater than the width of the block, and having their excess in lengthbent over and slightly above the block, as at 6, thus forming opposite ways or grooves '7.

8 represents the stereotypeplate, formed in sections of convenient length, and preferably Serial No. 290,387. (No model.)

of zylonite, wood, paper, or celluloid, and at each of its longitudinal sides a bevel 9 is formed, the width of the plate being coincident with that between the grooves '7, into which the bevels 9 are adapted to take When the plate is slid into position, the turned flanges G of the plates 4 resting against the beveled portions of the plate 8.

9 represents the usual rules arranged at both sides of the block 1 and outside of the securing-plates 5. By this arrangement it will be seen that I have provided through the securing-plates 5 a simple and convenient securing device for the stereotype-plates, which device 5, by means of the peculiar formation and its other specific features, is especially adapted for use in connection with light stereotype-plates of the character described.

I do not limit my invention to the exact manner herein shown and described for securing the plates 5 to the blocks, but hold that I may vary the same in any manner within the scope of my claim.

Having described my invention, What I claim 1s The combination of the block 1, having channels 2, forming opposite feet 3, and the opposite side plates 5, riveted to the opposite feet, as at at, and having the heads of the rivets Within the channels, said plates having the opposite inwardly-turned flanges 6 arranged slightly abovethe face of the plate, with the plate 8, having the opposite beveled edges 9, substantially as specified.

JAMES C. MERRIP".

In presence of- J AMES 0. MOUNT, WILLIAM ScHoUDEL, J r. 

